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Topic: ZERO Censorship in Horror?

What do u guys think. Should we accept that some censorship is necessary in very very extreme cases e.g Very extreme animal cruelty?Or should we not allow any Horror film to be cut at all. I think that we dont need any censorship just properly enforced rating systems. Treating adults like impressionable kids is ridiculous in a democratic society.

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Video Nasties/Exploitation/Horror still banned (refused certificate) in the UK

Re: ZERO Censorship in Horror?

As far as subject matter, I don't think anything should be censored. A film should be about what it wants to be about without worry of censorship.

What I do object to is how certain things are depicted in the movie -- mostly when it comes to inclusion of real death (human or animal), real corpses, authentic rape and authentic injury/molestation of children. Not just because it would me just plain wrong and immoral, but because there's not one of these things which couldn't be realistically depicted with special FX or editing tricks. To include the genuine thing, to me, is something that deserves to be censored. And maybe never let that particular filmmaker behind a camera again.

Re: ZERO Censorship in Horror?

Human centipede isn't banned in the UK anymore. I seen it in HMV only the other day. Grossly overpriced too just cause it has "previously banned" slapped on the cover. £12 for that tripe? No ta!

Some of the ones still banned from the moral panic of '84 are only that way because they haven't been resubmitted. But yeah, I do agree with you. It comes and goes depending on what is going on in the media at the time. There's been a lot of cat attacks in the papers lately so expect Cat people etc to be removed from a HMV near you. I think some people genuinely believe the so called evidence that something in fiction can actually cause a sane person to get up and axe murder someone but the truth is, unless you are already mentally capable of murdering someone in cold blood then watching something like Bunny Games is only gonna give them creative ideas not the motivation in the first place.

Re: ZERO Censorship in Horror?

The way I feel about it is, whatever a (horror) movie whats to show then it should be allowed go for what it wants, not everyone needs things to be censored for people. Everyone knows their own limits and what they want to see. I know what I like and don't like to see, I don't need people censoring things for me that maybe I'd like to see. No matter what they are.

Re: ZERO Censorship in Horror?

Just thought I'd pop in to say that I agree, with what others have said, with one minor difference. There are movies, like Cannibal Holocaust, or just generally older movies that have animal cruelty in them. I wouldn't ask that these films be censored, just that any new films be unallowed to continue in this practice.

Though it can be disturbing, it's really no worse than the Japanese version of Iron Chef. They were always killing animals or cooking animals live. Not that disturbing to me, I get how the food process works.

Re: ZERO Censorship in Horror?

Personally don't think the government should NOT be in charge to censor anything. They should "recommend" a censor, but leave it up to retailers to do it. If a movie theater chain or a rental company still wants to give it to their people, they can, un touched. Perhaps add a sticker or something to it stating it SHOULD be censored but ISNT.

Of course then politics would come into play and anyone that actually carries the movies would get hissy fits from political wannabe's.

I also agree from above. It shouldn't be the censor, it should be that certain things are simply not allowed to be made. Animal cruelty, of it violent gross things are literally happening to the actors then no, you are not allowed to make that period. However if it is all FAKE then I see no reason to censor it.